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Taichi Yamada

Taichi Yamada

Taichi Yamada

1934-06-06

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

WRITING

Biography

Taichi Yamada is one of the most famous and highly respected writers in Japan. Winner of many awards for literary excellence from private organizations and from the Japanese government, he is best known for his scripts for TV dramas, but has also written many novels and plays.

Best known for:

All of Us Strangers

The Discarnates

Takeshi: Childhood Days

8 Man - For All Lonely Nights

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

Children of Nagasaki

Sing, Young People

The Roads Men Travel

Ordinary Miracles

The Last Town We Saw

Back of Father

Oyaji Daiko

World of Two

The Album on the Shore

Sketchbook of Early Spring

A Paucity of Flying Dreams

Seikurabe

Once a Rainy Day

Family of Three

Brother

Story of Yakuza in Naniwa

Mom’s Shoulders

Love and Death

Ai yori aoku

Pieces of Autumn

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Filmography:

Seikurabe (1962)
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Screenplay
Sing, Young People (1963)
WORK AS:
Writer
Family of Three (1968)
WORK AS:
Writer, Creator
Oyaji Daiko (1968)
WORK AS:
Writer
Brother (1969)
WORK AS:
Writer, Creator
World of Two (1970)
WORK AS:
Writer, Creator
Story of Yakuza in Naniwa (1970)
WORK AS:
Writer
Mom’s Shoulders (1971)
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Writer, Creator

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Love and Death (1971)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Ai yori aoku (1972)
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Original Story
Pieces of Autumn (1973)
WORK AS:
Writer, Original Story
Deeper Than Blue (1973)
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Original Story
Summer Days Across the River (1973)
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Writer
The Roads Men Travel (1976)
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Writer
The Album on the Shore (1977)
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Writer, Novel, Creator
Tokyo Suburbia (1979)
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Writer, Novel

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The Lion Era (1980)
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Screenplay, Creator
Precious Moments (1981)
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Writer, Creator
When We are Old (1982)
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Writer
Sketchbook of Early Spring (1983)
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Writer
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
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Writer
The Autumn in Tokyo (1985)
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Writer
When Winter Comes (1985)
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Writer
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
WORK AS:
Writer
The Tailor-Made Shirt (1986)
WORK AS:
Writer
An Early Autumn (1987)
WORK AS:
Writer, Creator
The Discarnates (1988)
WORK AS:
Novel
Yume ni Mita Hibi (1989)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Until Spring Comes (1989)
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Writer
Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)
WORK AS:
Writer
A Paucity of Flying Dreams (1990)
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Novel
Winter Ever Since (1991)
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Writer
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights (1992)
WORK AS:
Original Film Writer
Fan of Hong Kong star (2002)
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Writer
Ordinary Miracles (2009)
WORK AS:
Writer
Back of Father (2014)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
All of Us Strangers (2023)
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WORK AS:
Novel
The Last Town We Saw (2024)
WORK AS:
Novel, Original Story